Bird Flu Efforts in the United States
The Bird Flu is a deadly disease to all birds and the bird population. Right now the disease is in Asia and Europe. It’s interesting but in 2003 Asia had the Bird Flu as well, sweeping out the poultry and wild bird population. Now the Bird Flu is back and the United States is doing reserch to help our people and birds in need. Ron DeHaven of Animal and Plant Health Inspection service says “We’re going to increase surveillance of migratory birds because we know that is a potential pathway”. Animal and Plant Health Inspection think that migrating birds are spreading the Flu and they’re going to be studing and testing them to see if it’s true. They will also be testing commercial poultry so that they might be able to find a cure.The testing cost a good amount of money; wild birds cost between $35 to $80 and commercial poultry cost between $30 to $35. Testing can cost a lot of money especialy with a lot of birds. Well the the Bush fondation asked congress for $91 million to put towards monitoring wild birds, vaccines for poultry, and to come together with other countries to help our birds survive this awful desease. By Maya K.
January 31st, 2006 at 3:57 pm
Maya, I liked the way you added a quote. It made your writing even stronger.Also if you hadnt posted this I never would have known about it.Thanks alot!And great job!
January 31st, 2006 at 4:12 pm
I think it’s good to know about what is happening with the bird flu because we might learn how to stop it if it gets here to our country!
January 31st, 2006 at 8:50 pm
I loved the detail you put into this and the time. It’s sad to know that many birds are
dying:(. I hope the birds will get cured though. I’m real sorry but I have to go. Keep
up the good work! B)
January 31st, 2006 at 10:07 pm
Maya thanks for keeping us updated on the bird flu. I think its pretty serious.
February 1st, 2006 at 1:09 pm
Nice job on the bird flu article Maya. Nice picture too.
February 1st, 2006 at 6:40 pm
Maya, you did a really nice job on the article. That was a good idea to update us about it. I think that’s really important just as much as you do and it’s so sad to think that birds are dying because of it. I hope they find the cure. Also, I like how you put so much effort into the article. Keep it up! Kim
February 1st, 2006 at 7:11 pm
Maya,
Great job! It look like you put alot of effort in your
paragraph. I like how you put in a golden brick in (quote).
February 2nd, 2006 at 1:51 pm
Good job Maya, that paper was awesome!!!
February 19th, 2006 at 1:26 pm
Things are not looking good. Here is an update from a class blog from a college geography class. http://collegegeoworld.blogspot.com/2006/02/france-and-india-report-first-cases-of.html